By The Saskatchewan 1910

by James Pitt-Payne, London UK - 10 June 2010
2010

By the banks of the Seine,
with girls so beautiful,
It gives one pain to remain,
Quite dutiful.
And yet I've sworn by the stars above,
Throughout my life
to reserve my love
for a girl by the Saskatchewan,
For a girl by the Saskatchewan;
But the girls by the Seine
All come canoodling,
They're bold and vain,
with a taste for snoodling,
Their lips are red,
and their eyes are bright,
and they've got a style
that removes from sight,
a girl by the Saskatchewan,
Yes, a girl by the Saskatchewan.

Flow, river, flow
Down to the sea,
Bright sea, bring my loved one
home to me.
True, dear one, true,
I'm trying hard to be,
But hear me say
It's a very long, long way,
From the banks of the Seine,
for a girl to go and stay,
by the banks of the Saskatchewan

Come, faithful one,
Come stray with me,
This is springtime up in gay Paree.
You need a rest,
from your fidelity,
for hear me say
It's a very wrong, wrong way,
when you live on the Seine
to sit grieving all the day,
for a girl on the Saskatchewan.

When you live by the Seine,
You suffer awfully,
If you refrain from enjoying,
quite lawfully.
The sweet, gay life
in a gay, sweet way,
and save your love
till you're old and grey,
for a girl by the Saskatchewan,
For a girl by the Saskatchewan;
On the banks of the Seine
There's love awaiting you,
to quell the pain,
that's exasperating you,
So skip with joy
as you laugh, Ha! Ha!
And wire a quick little cool
Ta, Ta! To the girl
on the Saskatchewan
to the girl by the Saskatchewan.

Flow, river, flow
Down to the sea,
Bright sea, bring my loved one
home to me.
True, dear one, true,
I'm trying hard to be,
But hear me say
It's a very long, long way,
From the banks of the Seine,
for a girl to go and stay,
by the banks of the Saskatchewan

Come, faithful one,
Come stray with me,
This is springtime up in gay Paree.
You need a rest,
from your fidelity,
for hear me say
It's a very wrong, wrong way,
when you live on the Seine
to sit grieving all the day,
for a girl on the Saskatchewan.

Soft karaoke
Words
piano 1
piano 2
piano 3
piano 4
lyric
pizz str bass
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By The Saskatchewan 1910
From "The Pink Lady"
Music by Ivan Caryll
Lyrics by C.M.S.McLellan
© MCMX by Chappel & Co.Ltd. - London
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sequence & karaoke by James Pitt-Payne, London UK
on Thursday 10 June 2010 at 13.47
in association with Veda Meyer-Castens
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